DUPRE v. EXXON PIPELINE CO.

No. 93-1528.

638 So.2d 1118 (1994)

Craig DUPRE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EXXON PIPELINE COMPANY, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Craig Dupre, John Blake Deshotels, Ville Platte, for Craig Dupre.

Thomas Kelly Wetzel, Robert Hugh Wood Jr., Vicky Gerl Neumeyer, New Orleans, for Exxon Pipeline Co., et al.

Jerry Joseph Falgoust, Opelousas, for American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co.

Before DOUCET, LABORDE and BERTRAND, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court's finding that the plaintiff was not a statutory employee of the defendant, Exxon Pipeline Company (Exxon), and a judgment awarding damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff as a guest-passenger in a vehicle driven by defendant's employee.

At the time of the accident the plaintiff, Craig Dupre, had been employed by Pitre Welding Service, Inc. (Pitre) off and on for five years.

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